Companies are putting CBD in just about every kind of product imaginable these days. Which ones actually work? Hosted by: Niba @NotesByNiba

In the desert of Peru, hundreds of enormous ancient drawings are carved into the dirt. They're called the Nazca Lines, and archeologists are still arguing over what they mean. Hosted by: Niba @NotesbyNiba (she/her)

It's no secret that some people are bad at their jobs. But when those people are scientists, and their jobs are to publish papers about their work, well... Sometimes, bad papers hit the presses. These are a few stories about particularly...

Batagay (aka Batagaika) Crater goes by many names. Scientists call it a retrogressive thaw megaslump; the internet may know it best as the Doorway to the Underworld. And since it opened up in the Siberian permafrost over half a century...

Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, better known as morning sickness, affects roughly 7 in 10 pregnant people. Scientists have spent decades hunting for the primary cause, and they seem to have finally found it: a hormone called GDF15....

Most of the research on psychedelic drugs is focused on their therapeutic potential. But some studies have investigated a different consequence of these chemicals: bad trips. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)

You may have heard that redheads need less pain medicine, or that they need more anesthesia in surgeries. And both of those things are true! Which is weird. Let's talk about some of the stuff we know about what the heck hair color has to...

For everyone out there trying to live sustainably, you might also want to consider the best way for your loved ones to dispose of your body after you're gone. Is a green burial best? What about human composting (where it's legal)? And...

Trilobites are one of the most iconic fossil animals out there. And people have loved them for centuries! Let's talk about the people across time and space who have loved collecting trilobites, from Elrathia to Calymene, going back...

In November 2023, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by the asteroid Dinkinesh and made a startling discovery: not only does this small asteroid have an even smaller companion (named Selam), that companion is shaped like a two-tier snowman....

Identical twins may look exactly alike, but they differ in some pretty weird ways. In this List Show, we'll explore five of them. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)

When you think about enormous living things, mushrooms and seagrass may not be the first organisms that come to mind. But they should be! Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)

Hurricanes are scary and the idea is usually to move away from them as much as possible. Then there are the intrepid scientist-pilots at NOAA who fly right into them. On purpose. And they do it to save lives. Hosted by: Hank Green...

Humans aren't the only ones who refer to each other by name. Several species in the animal kingdom refuse to live in anonymity. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)

Seasonal flu kills half a million people every year. But scientists may have found a drug that, while it won't stop you from getting the flu, could stop it from killing you. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)

Vultures aren't most people's favorite animal. But when they began dying in India, they set in motion a domino effect that spread disease and cost the government billions of dollars. Hosted by: Jaida Elcock (she/her)

You may have gotten a dose of laughing gas at the dentist at some point. But new research is suggesting that the same gas that helps you forget your toothache could be a future treatment for clinical depression. Hosted by: Stefan Chin

In the history of space travel, there are a few famous animal astronauts (or cosmonauts), like Laika the dog and Ham the chimpanzee. But you might not have heard of Félicette, who in 1963 became the first -- and so far only -- cat to go...

Correction: This is Watt's law, not Ohm's law! Our math was right but our name was wrong. We need green energy yesterday. And it so happens that nature regularly sends huge bolts of electricity at us out of the sky. So what are the...

There's a tree species that used to be all over the world. And now, they can only be found in a secret valley in the mountains in Australia. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Wollemi Pine, including how some new tech might...

Frogs aren't known for their fabulous manes, but the claws of frogs are helping us learn why humans have hair -- thanks to a homeobox gene and a weird evolutionary shift. Hosted by: Hank Green (he/him)

Perfectly packing your suitcase for a trip may require more physics and math than you think. Here's when to crumple your clothes in the bag and shove it down, iron and fold everything, or roll it up using CleanTok hacks. Hosted by: Hank...

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The idea of improving athletic performance with a certain kind of lighting sounds absurd, but some NFL and MLB teams are trying it. The question is: does it work? Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)